I Love Nature Photo Challenge (Trees) - The Kremlin Gardens 🌲
This is my contribution to the photo challenge #Ilovenature on Whaleshares - today's theme is trees.
One of the very first sights that I ever visited in Moscow was the Kremlin and Armoury Chamber. After a quick breakfast from Prime cafe on Nikolskaya, we took to browsing the museums before taking a short walk round to Cathedral Square. In spring earlier this year, I returned to the Kremlin for the first time in almost two years and soaked up as much as of the Sun as possible from the Gardens.
With 22 bells and typically beautiful gold domes, Ivan the Great Bell Tower is my favourite site within the walls. It was completed in 1508 to serve the Kremlin cathedrals which didn’t have their own belfry, and it was the tallest building in Russia for almost 400 years. While retreating from Moscow following the unsuccessful invasion of Russia in 1812, Napoleon’s Army attempted to destroy the tower and failed again. Thankfully, the main pillar of the bell-tower survived, and its Belfry restored to original dimensions in 1819.
It is one of my favourite parts of the city, and I really enjoy a stroll through the Taynitsky Garden with a warm cup of tea.
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